Monthly Meeting for September When: Friday, September 27, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway
NOTE:
The rooms for this month have not yet been finalised - we will post a
followup as soon as they are sorted out
Plan:
* The Usual Suspects - Starts 6:30pm
+ Q&A - "What has Linux done for/to me lately?"
* 7:00pm: Conrad Parker demoing Sweep
* 7:50pm: Break
* 8:10pm: SLUG News & Discussion
* 8:20pm: Split into 2 groups for
+ Techie Talk - Michelle Wibisono, from the Baker & McKenzie
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
or
+ SLUGlets - Anthony Rumble introducing Unix file permissions,
and Paul Copeland demoing OEone desktop
* Dinner - Starts around 9:15pm
Spice Boys for Dinner. It's $20 for mains, around 30 people.
Sweep:
Conrad Parker will be demoing the all-new Sweep sound editing,
recording and DJing tool.
Conrad, lead developer of Sweep, writes:
I'll be giving an introduction and demo of some totally new
features in Sweep -- this will be loud and funky world first, so
mark it down in your diary!
Sweep is a full-featured open source sound editor, now used in
production at Pixar and rapidly gaining popularity elsewhere. It
features a character called Scrubby who is a very intuitive "scrub"
tool and makes editing sounds a breeze. You can use Sweep for
general sound editing on your Linux desktop, and thanks to Scrubby
you can also use it as a tool for live DJing and experimental
music.
I'll introduce you to this Scrubby character, show you how to get
started editing with Sweep and a bunch of effects plugins, and then
we'll get into some fun live audio techniques.
Michelle Wibisono from the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy
Centre:
Michelle will be talking about computing and legal issues from the
perspective of a computing student who also studies law, and is an
intern at the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre.
"As part of the Centre's Social Justice Program, we're trying to do
2 things: first, work out what legal issues concern the open
source, free software and linux communities; and second, work out
how we can help with legal questions arising in this context."
Michelle intends to cover issues like copyright (particularly
Australian laws because they tend to get neglected), encryption,
privacy, and internet governance. Issues like digital rights
management systems or encryption are really only to get more important
in the future, and having the right information or knowing where to
look is crucial.
If there are particular topics you'd like to see Michelle cover, then
please email her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let her know.
SLUGlets:
Sluglets are for people new to Linux, or who are looking for
discussion of a milder nature than the techie talk. Feel free to come
share your experiences with Linux, to get help, or to provide it.
This month, we will have Anthony Rumble introducing the Unix file
permission model, and Paul Copeland demoing OEone desktop, as well as
Q&A time
See you there!
J.
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Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Don't Panic" -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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